Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 1500 metre freestyle
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	19 June (heats) 20 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	26
Nations:	20
Win Value:	15:30.15
Gold:	Katie Ledecky
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Katie Grimes
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Lani Pallister
Bronze Nation:	AUS
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 June 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 19 June at 10:17.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			15:47.02	Q
2	2	4			15:56.19	Q
3	3	5			15:57.05	Q
4	2	5			15:57.61	Q
5	2	3			15:57.77	Q
6	2	8			16:08.35	Q, NR
7	3	7			16:09.27	Q
8	2	6			16:13.52	Q
9	3	3			16:13.92
10	3	2			16:20.45
11	2	0			16:25.23
12	3	6			16:26.41
13	3	9			16:30.47
14	1	4			16:32.43	NR
15	3	8			16:38.39
16	2	2			16:42.92
17	2	1			16:46.01
18	2	9			16:47.45
19	3	0			16:54.55
20	2	7			16:57.76
21	1	5			17:08.12
22	1	3			17:14.54
23	1	7			17:15.64
24	1	6			17:26.95
25	1	2			17:33.03
26	1	1			17:36.49
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Final

The final was held on 20 June at 18:11.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			15:30.15
	3			15:44.89
	6			15:48.96
4	2			15:55.75
5	5			16:03.84
6	7			16:05.25	NR
7	1			16:13.89
8	8			16:20.24

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. fina.org. 15 June 2022.
2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 16 June 2022.
3. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 19 June 2022.
4. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 20 June 2022.